Heartbroken Cheryl Cole has fled the home she shares with cheating husband Ashley Cole for a "break", it emerged today.

The Girls Aloud singer has reportedly decamped to a secret venue to consider the future of her two-year marriage after the footballer's drunken night with 22-year-old Aimee Walton hit the headlines last week.

But her agent insisted the pair had not split up, saying: "They are definitely still together. There is obviously lots of stuff going on at the moment and Cheryl has gone away for a break to clear her head for a few days."

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Last night a fragile looking Cheryl was seen leaving a video shoot for her band Girls Aloud in London, during which she reportedly broke down in tears.

According to The Sun, filming was halted at one stage as the Newcastle-born singer struggled to contain her emotions.

A source at Girls Aloud record label Polydor said: "Cheryl knew nothing about Ashley's affair. She was in bits at the filming."

Cheryl's decision to leave her marital home comes after it was revealed she had planned to start trying for a baby with her football star husband, even after he confessed to his drunken encounter with Aimee.

The Girls Aloud singer, 24, had told how she had known for six weeks about her husband's boozy night out with a woman who claimed they slept together.

The source added: "Cheryl is just bracing herself for more tales of his cheating."

In a revealing interview that took place just days before the story became public, the star said they had set a date to start working on a family.

This was after Cole confessed to his wife, according to reports, that "something happened last night but I was so drunk I don't know what".

She told OK! magazine: "My schedule with Girls Aloud is booked up to the summer and then we're having a break and I want me and Ashley to have some time together, so that we can enjoy each other as a married couple before anything else.

"That means so much to me. Then after that we can start working on that baby.

"I want to be a young mum so I can go out with them like my mam does."

Cole has also told OK!: "You just can't work through affairs sometimes. Trust is so important to me."

She even admitted that she'd know straight away if Ashley was getting up to no good.

She said: "I'd be able to sense it if there was something wrong.

"The moment I start believing the rumours and stop believing him, that's the time I'd have to end it. The most important thing is trust and honesty."

This weekend, the Girls Aloud star dismissed claims that her footballer husband, 27, had sex with the hairdresser last month.

"That's utter rubbish. When he is under the influence he isn't capable," she told the News of the World.

She said the pair are hoping to rebuild their relationship.

This isn't the first time there have been allegations of infidelity, but during the interview Cheryl laughed off any suggestion that that he has played away.

"He's never given me any reason to doubt him.

"It doesn't bother me when I see pictures of him coming out of clubs with girls trying to throw themselves on him because I know he's not interested in them.

And more prophetically she added: "I would always take Ashley's word over anyone's unless I had solid, hard evidence something definitely was true.

"It just hasn't been an issue and it won't become one - we trust each other."

However, following reports that Cheryl was prepared to stand by Ashley, two other women have claimed they have also slept with the Chelsea star.

Blonde model Brooke Healy, says she slept with Cole five months after his wedding.

And it has also been claimed that a third woman, Coralie Robinson, was paid hush money of £10,000 after having sex with Cole in 2004 - the year he got engaged.

The Girls Aloud singer was said to be "shocked and upset" that hairdresser Aimee was allegedly offered money to have an abortion.

A friend said: "The relationship is very much hanging in the balance."